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...Khatami??€™s speech was itself an unexceptional mix of demagoguery and diplomacy, but what made yesterday’s event remarkable was the audience response to his presence. Some applauded when he was asked a tough question about Iran’s alleged financial support of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah. Others were equally enthusiastic as Khatami towed the Iranian party line in soft-spoken Persian. Outside the KSG, a small crowd of protesters greeted queued-up ticket holders with placards. Hawkish demonstrators waved signs that urged the US government to “Bomb Iran Before They...
...other words, Khatami??€™s visit to Harvard accomplished exactly what speaker events at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum are meant to—his presence provoked widespread interest in an important issue of foreign policy and sparked a discussion, both inside the venue and across the country, about Iran, its policies, and America’s relationship with...
Critics have lambasted Khatami??€™s failure to act when several hundred protestors at Tehran University were arrested and tortured during a wave of protests in July...
...statement on Friday, the Harvard College Democrats called on Khatami to condemn the abuses and the actions of Khatami??€™s successor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, during the speech...
...Khatami??€™s trip to the US, the first of such a high-ranking official since Washington cut ties with Iran in the aftermath of the 1979 hostage crisis, comes as the United States is seeking punitive action against Iran for failing to meet a United Nations deadline on suspending its uranium enrichment program...